As all my colleagues' children know, this year is also the age to go to kindergarten. My colleague said in our office that many training courses were provided to Zhi Zhi to prepare for the Enlightenment in Zhi Zhi.
Those training courses cost thousands of dollars at a time, so it can be said that it costs a lot of money to listen to them at one time. Colleagues said, "It is worthwhile for children, and children also like painting, so consciously cultivate this hobby of children."
However, what many parents don't know is that children's artistic enlightenment actually doesn't cost money at all. Training in those early education centers is actually unnecessary. As long as the correct methods are mastered, even at home, parents can give their children a good artistic enlightenment and open up a new world for their paintings.
What are the benefits of artistic enlightenment to children? 1) Improve children's aesthetics
Plotinus said, "The essence of art is actually the creation of beauty, which can give people more spiritual and creative power."
Nowadays, education pays attention to "all-round development of morality, intelligence, physique, beauty and labor", and artistic enlightenment is actually the promotion of children's aesthetic education. Some people may think that it is enough for children to study well, and artistic aesthetic power is not important.
But in fact, art is the embodiment of a child's inner virtue. If a child can have a good aesthetic power, then what he sees and feels in life will inevitably be much richer.
As the poet Gu Cheng said, "When you understand art, it seems that nothing has changed, but in fact, your feelings about the world are different."
Only when children have good aesthetic ability can they have a sound concept of life, look at the world with a beautiful eye and find the wonder and beauty of life.
It is very necessary to give children artistic enlightenment in modern times. Because the quality of modern life has improved, the requirements for life will become higher, and a child with insufficient aesthetics will have many difficulties after entering the society. Giving children a good aesthetic power is also a better preparation for their future.
2) Cultivate sentiment and cultivate children's character.
Some parents may wonder: What is the relationship between artistic enlightenment and children's character cultivation? In fact, the art of beauty can edify people. What people need most now is "quietness", which cannot be cultivated overnight and needs to be cultivated from an early age. In fact, art appreciation is the best opportunity to cultivate a person's "quietness".
Langer said, "Art is an objective expression of emotion and a subjective response of nature." Therefore, art appreciation is actually an exposure to children's mental cultivation.
Perhaps many parents didn't understand this truth before, but after understanding it, they should pay attention to their children's artistic enlightenment. These are all beneficial to children, so you should prepare as soon as possible.
There are four stages to help children realize artistic enlightenment at home. 1) unconscious period.
This period is usually when children 1~2 years old. Children of this age are actually unconscious in writing and drawing, and prefer a kind of muscle memory.
Judging from the baby's graffiti, there is generally no regularity. And many parents hate their children's graffiti, so they will stop their babies from doodling.
But this is not good for the growth of children. Therefore, in this unconscious period, parents should not interfere too much, and they can find a place with pictures for their children to exercise. This is not only the foundation of children's artistic enlightenment, but more importantly, it exercises their arm strength and sense of control.
After that, it will have endless benefits for the child's future physical growth and development. In the long run, compared with the chaos at this time, the immediate trouble is negligible.
2) Graffiti period
This stage is generally 2-5 years old. As the baby's brain grows, they gradually have a certain sense of self, and their ability to control the four fingers will also be enhanced. Of course, at this time, they also entered a certain period of regular graffiti.
During the graffiti period, the contents and ideas expressed by children's paintings will gradually become clear, and they will not be as chaotic and illogical as before.
At this time, what parents need to do is to give their children correct guidance and tell them some basic operations of painting. Similarly, parents should not bind their children's hands, and try to give them more free space to show their creations.
Parents should also have a pair of eyes that are good at discovering beauty to look at their children's paintings. They should not always criticize their children and think that their paintings are not good, but should encourage them when they take the first step.
3) Symbolic period
Children's 6~8 years old is the symbolic period of painting. During this period, children have enough sense of independence and began to learn some basic knowledge at school. At the same time, they will use what they have learned to expand their imagination.
However, parents may see that children's paintings are basically unconstrained and colorful. There may be a certain gap with reality, but this is the basic performance of children's imagination development.
At this time, parents can accompany their children to create their imaginary world, which not only enables parents to better understand their children's psychology, but also enables their creativity and imagination to develop better.
But parents need to remember: don't limit their children's imagination, and don't limit their children too much. Let children develop their potential and create their artistic paradise.
4) Schema period
The concept of "schema period" was first put forward by the philosopher Kant, generally at the age of 9~ 10. At this stage, children's painting gradually approaches reality. That is, from our "imaginative school" to "realistic school".
They will try their best to describe every bit of their daily life in their paintings. During this period, parents should pay attention to helping their children improve their painting skills, but their painting style has basically been finalized.
In fact, art enlightenment does not need training courses. As long as parents are familiar with the laws of children's growth and development and master the correct methods, even at home, parents can give their children a good artistic enlightenment.
After that, if the children reach a certain age and really have artistic talent, they will be educated systematically and professionally, so that the children can embark on the artistic road of painting.
Of course, art is a rare gift for children. Parents should never give up the enlightenment of children's art to exam-oriented education. The so-called art comes from life and is higher than life, that's all.